Documents from the December 4, 1900 Executive Committee meeting of the Boone and Crockett Club

Minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee held at JTo. 101 East 19th St., December 4th, 1900.
Present!- Messrs. Wadsworth, Rogers, Stimson, Grant and La Earge. Mr. Wadsworth in the Chair.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and ap­proved .
The letter of Mr. James H. Canfield of Columbia University Library, asking for the Boone ft Crockett publi­cations was referred to the Secretary, with power.
The Secretary presented a letter received from the Forest ft Stream Publishing Co., under date of March 5th,
1900, explaining that there was a loss to them in the pub­lication of the Boone ft Crockett book at the present royalty, and asking the Club to cut down its royalty so far as to permit the forest ft Stream to account to it on all. books sold after May 1st, 1900, at Si.00 each.
On motion, it was
R E S 0 L v E D that this request of the Eorest &
Stream Publishing Co. be acceded to, and the Secretary was instructed so to inform Mr. Grinnell.
The Secretary also presented a letter from Mr. Grinnell suggesting the publication of a set of Mr.
Wallihan’s pictures of wild animals, under a plan of sub­scription towards the cost of publication by the Boone ft Crockett members, the volume being issued as one of the
Boone and Crockett Club Records (Mss 738), Archives and Special Collections. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library. University of Montana-Missoula.
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Boone & Crockets series.
The Secretary was instructed to say to Mr* Grinnell
that the Executive Committee does not deem it adviable ; '
that the Club should engage in the publication of the Wallihan pictures, and that the Committee considers that the publications of the Club would better be limited to the work of its members.
The Secretary having reported that Messrs. W. R, Furness and B. 0. Tilghman were in arrears for annual dues, the regular notices having been duly sent them, he was in­structed to strike their names from the list of members.
The date of the next annual meeting and dinner was fixed for January 4th, 1901, and the Secretary was in­structed to say in the notice of the dinner that there shall! be no guests.
Adj ourned.
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Boone and Crockett Club Records (Mss 738), Archives and Special Collections. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library. University of Montana-Missoula.

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Documents from the December 4, 1900 Executive Committee meeting of the Boone and Crockett Club

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Meeting minutes from the December 4, 1900 Executive Committee meeting of the Boone and Crockett Club held at 101 East 19th Street, New York City. These documents include a review of Boone and Crockett publications through the Forest & Stream Publishing Co.

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Minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee held at JTo. 101 East 19th St., December 4th, 1900.
Present!- Messrs. Wadsworth, Rogers, Stimson, Grant and La Earge. Mr. Wadsworth in the Chair.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and ap­proved .
The letter of Mr. James H. Canfield of Columbia University Library, asking for the Boone ft Crockett publi­cations was referred to the Secretary, with power.
The Secretary presented a letter received from the Forest ft Stream Publishing Co., under date of March 5th,
1900, explaining that there was a loss to them in the pub­lication of the Boone ft Crockett book at the present royalty, and asking the Club to cut down its royalty so far as to permit the forest ft Stream to account to it on all. books sold after May 1st, 1900, at Si.00 each.
On motion, it was
R E S 0 L v E D that this request of the Eorest &
Stream Publishing Co. be acceded to, and the Secretary was instructed so to inform Mr. Grinnell.
The Secretary also presented a letter from Mr. Grinnell suggesting the publication of a set of Mr.
Wallihan’s pictures of wild animals, under a plan of sub­scription towards the cost of publication by the Boone ft Crockett members, the volume being issued as one of the
Boone and Crockett Club Records (Mss 738), Archives and Special Collections. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library. University of Montana-Missoula.
I I 4
Boone & Crockets series.
The Secretary was instructed to say to Mr* Grinnell
that the Executive Committee does not deem it adviable ; '
that the Club should engage in the publication of the Wallihan pictures, and that the Committee considers that the publications of the Club would better be limited to the work of its members.
The Secretary having reported that Messrs. W. R, Furness and B. 0. Tilghman were in arrears for annual dues, the regular notices having been duly sent them, he was in­structed to strike their names from the list of members.
The date of the next annual meeting and dinner was fixed for January 4th, 1901, and the Secretary was in­structed to say in the notice of the dinner that there shall! be no guests.
Adj ourned.
-2-
Boone and Crockett Club Records (Mss 738), Archives and Special Collections. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library. University of Montana-Missoula.